Consumers' Union measured the gas mileage per gallon of thirty-eight 1998-99 model automobiles on a special test track. The following pie chart provides information about the country of manufacture of the cars that Consumers' Union used. Which of the following bar graphs is equivalent to the pie chart?

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Consumers' Union measured the gas mileage per gallon of thirty-eight 1998-99 model automobiles on a special test track. The following pie chart provides information about the country of manufacture of the cars that Consumers' Union used.  Which of the following bar graphs is equivalent to the pie chart?

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The pie chart shows that 36% of the cars are from Japan, 32% are from the US, and 32% are from Europe. In the bar graph from choice B, the three bars have the same heights and thus the same percentages, representing the countries of manufacture in the same proportions as the pie chart. The other bar graphs do not represent the data accurately, as they either have bars of different heights or they are missing a category.

Consumers' Union Measured the Gas Mileage Per Gallon of Thirty-Eight